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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">User Interface</span><span class="f_BodyText"> group enables you to create graphical user interface diagrams.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="634" style="width:634px;"><p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">A </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="package.htm">Package</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> </span><span class="f_BodyText">is a namespace as well as an element that can be contained in other packages' namespaces</span><span class="f_BodyText">.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">A </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="screen.htm">Screen</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> element represents a graphical user interface. You can place GUI elements onto the screen element.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="uielement.htm">UI Control</a> </span><span class="f_BodyText">elements</span><span class="f_BodyText"> are placed onto the screen element to build up a graphical user interface diagram. There are different stereotyped elements such as buttons and combo boxes.</span></p>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To add an element to the current diagram, click on the required icon, and drag it into position on the diagram. Set an element name and other properties as prompted.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To add a relationship, click on the required icon, then click on the start element in the diagram and drag to the end element.</span></p>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The following diagram illustrates the GUI elements from the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText">, within a Screen element.</span></p>
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